Wayne Carey has been the
inspirational captain of the side since 1993.
Regarded as one of the finest players in the AFL,
Carey capped off his many achievements in football by
leading the team to the 1996 Premiership. Carey has
been compared to other great centre-half-forwards
such as the late E.J. Whitten, an honour in itself.

Carey is a natural match winner
with supreme confidence. His strong marking and
ferocious attack on the ball is his greatest asset.

Carey's 11 goals, 15 marks and 31
possessions against Melbourne received the accolades
of it being one of the greatest performances of all
time.

For the trivia buffs, Carey's first
played senior football wearing number 40.

Carey was appointed captain in 1993. By the end of 1997 he had already captained North in 102 of his 162 games played. He may go close to matching Stephen Kernahan's record of most games as captain.